RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Efforts to expand Medicaid to about 300,000 low-income adults in Virginia continue to gain momentum, as Republican House leaders on Sunday publicly embraced a form of expansion that includes work requirements and copays. The House of Delegates’ budget panel included Medicaid expansion in its roughly $100 […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The No. 3 is No. 1 again at Daytona, on a day, in a race and at a place forever linked with the great Dale Earnhardt. Austin Dillon won the Daytona 500 on Sunday night driving the iconic No. 3 Chevrolet that Earnhardt piloted for […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Virginia Tech coach Buzz Wiliams loves how his team has changed its approach to scouting opponents on the road. He can only hope it keeps up. The Hokies, at 5-3, have a single-season high in ACC road wins for the first time since joining the league in […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Richard Petty rarely visits pit road after a race anymore and usually with good reason. The Hall of Fame driver’s eponymous race team has toiled for decades in mediocrity, with checkered flags all but extinct. Bubba at Daytona changed the game. Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Never before has one race displayed NASCAR’s rapidly changing look more than this year’s Daytona 500. Three drivers under age 25 will start in the first two rows, new rules will make the cars difficult to drive and NASCAR’s longtime most popular driver will watch […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly have expressed frustration over Republicans’ refusal to take up gun control legislation in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Florida. “We extend our thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families, but our thoughts and prayers are […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — By any measure, Nebraska is having its best season since moving to the Big Ten, from its win total to its RPI and KenPom rankings. It’s unclear whether that will be good enough to secure an NCAA Tournament bid. Nebraska (20-8, 11-4) has won six straight […]
RICHMOND — The Virginia General Assembly’s 2018 session has reached its midpoint, with more than 1,000 bills passing between the House and Senate, including potential changes to health care, criminal justice and transportation. Senate Majority Leader Thomas Norment Jr., R-James City, was pleased with what his party has accomplished […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The president of Virginia Tech says the Florida high school where a gunman is accused of fatally shooting 17 people helped his university heal after its own deadly campus shooting over a decade ago. President Timothy Sands tweeted a link Friday to Virginia Tech’s condolence archive […]
SALEM – A wintry mix of precipitation is forecasted to begin around midday on Saturday and may cause slick roads in parts of southwestern Virginia, particularly north of Roanoke and in portions of the New River Valley. A difference in just a few degrees of air or ground temperatures will determine […]
Heading into Thursday’s Can-Am Duel races at Daytona, we already knew the front row for Sunday’s main event — Alex Bowman is on the pole and Denny Hamlin will start second when the green flag drops Feb. 18 (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). We also knew that […]
The Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday began an effort it hopes will result in a hoped-for traffic signal being placed at the Route 11 – Thornspring Road intersection to allow for the preferred entrance into the new middle school site to become a reality. Following up on its meeting […]